Democratic Legislator Stephanie Aldersley is looking to win the seat she once held for a decade. Aldersley was appointed to the Monroe County Legislature earlier this year to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Vinnie Esposito. She’s running now to fill the remaining three years of Esposito’s term, and faces a challenge from […]
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NEWS BLOG: Aldersley wants Lej seat
Former Monroe County Legislator Stephanie Aldersley is pursuing her old seat. Democrat Vinnie Esposito is leaving the Lej on July 20 to take a job as deputy regional director for Empire State Development. Aldersley, a Democrat who now serves on the Irondequoit Town Board, says she wants to be appointed to fill the vacancy. Aldersley […]
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Blind date
It’s about accountability. That’s what some 30 residents told county legislators at their meeting on September 14. The speakers were opposing a Republican plan to move the county executive’s deadline for submitting a budget from mid-October to mid-November. That would leave only a month for the legislature to deliberate on a budget and adopt it. […]
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Dems grumble, but approve borrowing
After five months of haggling, the Monroe County Legislature approved the 2004 capital budget in a special session Friday that saw Democrats breaking from an earlier stance to support financing county projects with borrowed funds. The vote green-lights a $58 million plan for projects throughout the county: road repair, bridge work, technology upgrades, and […]
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Reader Feedback 5.7.03
Freed from tyranny I was appalled by Jack Bradigan Spula’s comments in response to the letter from Stephanie Aldersley in the April 16 issue. To characterize the brave service men and women putting their lives at risk in Iraq as “gung ho” and deserving of criticism for carrying out orders marginalizes Jack and City Newspaper […]
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Urban journal
The time for protest is just beginning Numerous Democrats — including our own two senators — disgraced themselves last week by caving in on Iraq. With their help, the president has the authority to start his war any time he likes. In the week before the vote, an anti-war protest in downtown Rochester drew […]
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Politics: The price of influence
Democrats who voted to oust José Cruz as minority leader of the County Legislature hoped his demotion would grant them freedom. That is, freedom from the influence Democrats at the city and state levels were exerting on their caucus. Instead, the uproar from that vote may have freed them from the opportunity to advance their […]
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News Briefs 7.17.02
Those who frequent the Water Street Music Hall know to make a beeline for the long bar’s left side for the coldest beer, swift service, and a slice of local history. There, beneath the neon and Rattlesnake Pete’s gaze, stands Chops, Rochester’s notoriously sharp-witted, longest-running bartender. “Chops is an institution,” says Water Street owner John […]
